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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
Revision as of 00:39, 1 July 2016
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| Date | March 30, 1981 |
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| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Blamed on | John Hinkley |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 4 |
| Description | An assassination attempt was made against Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. |
Official narrative
The official narrative is that a "lone nut", John Hinckley, Jr. carried it out in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. Mark Gorton and others have suggested that it was a plot to assume full political control of the presidency by Reagan's vice president, George H W Bush.[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Bush angle to Reagan shooting still unresolved as Hinckley walks | Article | 16 August 2016 | Russ Baker | John Hinckley who shot and wounded President Reagan was released from a federal psychiatric facility on 5 August 2016 after being detained for 35 years. Hinckley's family were well known to the Bush family. Coincidence? Sure. Anything, after all, is possible. |
The Official Culprit
| Name | Description |
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| John Hinckley | Would be assassin of Ronald Reagan, under institutional psychiatric care since the episode. Let loose in 2018. |
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